Whiten your teeth without endangering enamel and gums
The mouth and teeth hygiene was always a corner stone of not only a bright smile but also health generally. Why do not we make that smile even brighter with various tips and tricks? Oxidation was always a perfect remedy for removing stains even before the invention of toothpaste and people removed wine, food and tobacco stains long time ago.
Our grandmothers did not have toothbrushes of any kind. Not many people even heard of toothpaste some decades ago. However, many of us can remember how their smiles where flashy and their teeth white and shine. We cannot help but wonder how they succeeded without all that fancy teeth equipment we have today.
Long time ago, people used pure kitchen salt for whitening their teeth, just rubbing it with their fingers. The salt would remove all the stains as much as the toothpastes we use today do. Our mothers used to make that famous home remedy from a teaspoon of baking soda and few drops of pure lemon juice. After the soda bubbled in the reaction with lemon juice, the remedy is ready. Just put some on your toothbrush and gently brush your teeth without using too much pressure, in order to avoid any harm you might do to your gums. Even today, this homemade mixture will whiten your teeth perfectly if used properly, since extensive use of the toothbrush pressure might endanger your enamel more than any whitener will. There is no need to spend huge amounts of money and buy all those fancy and costly products to generate a broad and happy smile.
However, we might benefit from modern times, there are various detriments in soda drinks, junk food and else, leading to teeth and gums deterioration, but luckily, today there are dentists, who not only repair our teeth but also take exquisite care of our smile. The only difference is a dentist nowadays will not use lemon drops (known as lime chloride) as our mothers did, but variety of harmful chemicals such as carbamide peroxide.
We can also use this at home, without our dentist’s supervision. Once applied, carbamide peroxide will remove any stains from our teeth within minutes. This popular product is now widely used around the world and the only thing we have to be careful about is to brush teeth with our regular toothpaste prior to application of the carbamide peroxide. It will simply allow you to leave the peroxide on your teeth less than usual and the result will be a perfect and shinny smile. Fortunately, we do not have to spend big money at the dentist to bleach our teeth and improve our smile.
Even older teeth bleaching remedy, quite similar to carbamide peroxide is hydrogen peroxide. Though it has been in use for almost a century now, professionals consider carbamide is gentler to our enamel.
The thing we should care about while whitening our teeth at home is the actual concentration of carbamide in application. This maybe the only reason why we should leave it for the dentist However, the concentrations of the carbamide peroxide should never exceed 36% though the most popular level is about 20%.
While whitening our teeth, we do not need to worry about the quality of whiteners since modern products will cause little or no sensitivity to our teeth, enamel and gums. The results will be there in mere hours, if used as prescribed by dentist. Even the better, the whiteners of today can be used on a daily basis and the longer they are placed on our teeth the greater the result is. Perfectly white teeth are not a phenomenon anymore and regular use of our favorite toothpaste along with a whitener and a mouthwash will do the trick. Whiteners itself will never act themselves and the same goes for the toothpaste. Toothpastes of today contain only polishers and no chemicals, so it is advisable that we pay a visit to our dentist and ask for advice whether to do it at home or in his office, since people sometimes tend to apply more whitener than necessary, which makes their teeth and gums sensitive due to excessive use. However, it is not the whitener but simple stress to the teeth. Too extensive brushing with either simple or electric toothbrush may result in the sensitivity of enamel and gums with the use of the mildest toothpaste!
If any of these symptoms occur (sensitiveness, pain or traces of blood in the saliva), the smartest thing is to ask your dentist what whitener to use and how. Some people tend to wear bleaching trays throughout the night, while sometimes is enough to use them for a few hours only, preferably before going to sleep. Skip a whitening day and the stress will go away.
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